Re: Wireless network hassles

["BruceR" <br@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Try an Airlink Wireless Repeater. No Ethernet connection required. After
setting it up while plugged into a PC it can sit in a closet or attic
with just a wall wart. You might also try moving the existing router to
a more central location.

From:Frank Olson
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> robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> We recently moved to a new (for us) home.  I have a Belkin wireless
>> router connected to a DSL modem in my office at one end of the house.
>> My wife's desktop is at the opposite end of the home, about 120 feet
>> away and through three walls, one of which is cement block.
>>
>> Her PC connects to the wireless LAN for a while then cuts out.  This
>> happens at random with no apparent pattern.  The home is typical
>> Florida construction -- drywall over firring over cement block,
>> wrapped in stucco.  Inside walls are ordinary wood frame, but
>> there's a fireplace directly in the path between the router and the
>> problem PC. I don't mind buying a new RF access point or adding
>> better antennas
>> (there are three of them on the Belkin).  The attic is tall enough to
>> walk around but unfortunately there's no connection between the space
>> above the main house and my wife's office, which was originally the
>> "bonus room" by the pool.  Any suggestions?
>
>
> Do you have security protocols enabled?  Using the security features
> may cause your connections to cycle sporatically.  If you're
> concerned about turning them off, I'd suggest hard wiring your
> connections and ditching the wireless ones.  Sounds to me like you
> could do it quite easily (just don't make any connections in the
> attic which you may wind up having to trouble-shoot at some point in
> the future).